St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-08-04
hussla's Car Still Able to Dictate
Regarding all Questions of
Current Diplomacy.
soth Bulgaria and Afghanistan Prac-
tcally Dependencies Of the Great
Northern Power.
turkey Desirous Of Taking No Steps
Without the Consent Of Its
Hereditary Enemy.
The Day in Parliament---TreveIyan's
Victory---An Appeal for Aid
General Foreign News.


LONDON, Aug. 3.-The effort which
the porte is now making to obtain con-
ference OF the powers on the Bulgarian
question is not likely to succeed. Russia
VIII not take part in any such confer
ehce. Neither will she comply with
sucn a decision as a majority of the
powers would be likely to arrive at. 1t
is stated that Austria is now actively
engaged in an attempt to bring order
out OF chaos, and is i'm constant cOmmu-
nlcatlon with the Bulgarian ministry i'm
pursuit OF that object. This statement
undoubtedly accounts for the reports
tnaG Prlnce Ferdinand would soon make
MS entry into the Bulgarian capital.
take the prescribed oath of office and
ascend the throne of the principalitv.
but the mere fact that Austria is en-
deayorlng to smooth his path to the
rulership of Bulgaria gives no assur-
ance That Ferdinand will be permitted
TO take his seat or, at least, remain i'm it
II he should, for any longer than will
De required for Russian troops to reach
Sofia and
DRIVE HIM OUT.
Probably it doesn't make a great deal
OF difference to the sultan personally
who may be the nominal ruler of Bui-
garla so long as the port receives the
usual tribute money from the revenues
OF the prlnclpality, since he is power
less 10 place IN the seat made vacant by
the enforced abdicatiOn of Prince
Alexander, an unqualified representa-
tive OF the Turkish empire. But for
political reasons he would be better SAT-
1sfied to have the country ruled by
prince OF RuSsia's choosing, or at least
in whose selection Russia shall ac-
quleSce. AS matter of fact, however.
there can be no ruler of Bulgaria whose
accession to the throne is not accept
able to Russia, unless he should take
his seat through the almost impossible
circumstance of the defeat of the czar's
armies in the field, and there is as vet
no apparent disposition on the part of
any combination of European powers to
undertake the task of coercing the
Russian empire into submission
at an incalculable cost of blood and
treasure in order that one little prince
or another may play king under the
SuZeralnty of the sultan. Russia has
her foot upon Bulgaria and intends to
keep it there, and any assistance she
may need in debating the precise con-
dltlon OF government which shall pre-
vail in that principality will be promptly
Forthcoming from Turkey and France.
In spite of the warlike tone of the Ger
man press whenever a slight change is
made III the disposition of the troops in
the French army or any alteration takes
place i'll the Russian forces, it is
AN OPEN SECRET
that Germany is not at all anxious to
fight and, indeed, breads war far more
than most of the continental powers.
Should Russia enforce her Bulgarian
policy at the point of the bay-
onet, which, unQueSti0nably, they
will do sooner or later.
there will, of course, ensue profuse
display of German buster, but the
chances are overwhelmingly in favor of
the Germans viewing the battle from
afar. 1t is strongly suspected that Rus
Sla is backing the GhilZais and other
rebels against the authority of the ameer
OF Afghanistan, although the Indian
government is not in possession of evil
dence sufficiently strong to warrant an
official accusation against the czar's
government of bad faith in carrying out
the Afghan frontier agreement. The
recent settlement of the boundary ques-
ton at st. Petersburg is regarded as a
farce. however, and everybody expects
to see the whole matter dropped before
long. The ameer is in bad shape i
physically, mentally and politically. |
His soldiers are deserting him, the |
rebels are every day
BECOMING MORE FORMIDABLE.
in numbers and armament and Russia's |
operation beyond the border of his do |
mains continue without cessation. That |
the rebels are receiving their increase |
of arms from Russia there is no doubt, |
and it is also true that the ameer can
command no force sufficiently strong to |
oppose the entrance of the cZar'S troops |
into Afghanistan if their imperial |
master should feel disposed to order |
them there, while it would be impossible |
for the Indian government to send an |
army to Herat or anywhere near the |
place before the Russian invaders could |
so fortify their position as to make it |
almost impregnable. The British gov
ernment is making enormous efforts in |
the house of commons to rush the land |
bill through in order to make way for |
the supply bill and all parties are assist
ing to facilitate progress. The ending |
OF the committee stage to-day left the
land bill in slip-shod shape and opened
the way for further and almost inter-
minable discussion during the report
stage should the opposition feel dis
posed to engage in additional debate,
but it is not thought any serious oppOsi-
ton to the passage of the bill will now
be made. The bill is immeasurably
better for the tenants than they could
have expected any II b land scheme to
be and the Parnellite members realize |